The Wellness Consortium
Kansas City’s Premier Network of Wellness Practitioners and Vendors
Welcome to Your Holistic Networking & Business Support Group
We are wellness practitioners and vendors in the Kansas City area, passionate about whole-person health.
While growing our individual businesses is important, we also have a heart for making a difference in people’s lives.
We believe all wellness practitioners and vendors – including you – have an important role to play in the well-being of our community. That’s why we come together to learn how each of our different services can better help people discover the best version of themselves.
We use the framework called the Quadrants of Well-Being to keep the wellness language easy and consistent for our community.
Our group is diverse – made up of medical doctors, chiropractors, bodyworkers, acupuncturists, aromatherapists, personal chefs, counselors, physical therapists and trainers, yoga teachers, infrared sauna owners, local cafe owners, professional organizers, Feng Shui practitioners, business coaches, and many other different business support services including copywriting, image branding, website support, social media strategists, and brand messaging.
While we all come from many different walks of life and years served in our industries, we help people see that all it takes to get moving in the right direction is taking the next step in front of them.
Learn more about our story and mission with our “Let Us Tell You A Story” handout.
“I highly recommend the consortium for those looking for a true support system – professionally and personally. I came to the Wellness Consortium looking for a better way to network and connect with professionals that get what we do, as well as to personally grow by connecting with people in the wellness realm. Unlike my prior networking group, which had many people sitting back with a “what can you do for me” energy, I feel a genuine interest and care from other members. When we had an open house, members showed up for support, which was huge. Every time I come to a meeting, it’s full of positive giving energy and a genuine desire to get to know each other better. I have grown and learned so much by being a member. The 1-to-1 meetings have given me insight into what I could do differently from a business aspect, as well as validating what I’m doing well, not to mention how I can better support the other members. Beyond the referrals I have received – which I had trouble getting in my last group – members have trusted me enough to become patients themselves, even when I am not their direct therapist. I recommend this group because the members are there because they truly want to build and bolster the wellness community and support each other in doing so. It is heart-warming to see multiple professionals doing similar work, yet still supporting each other because they recognize there is enough business for everyone to succeed.”
Membership Benefits
Meet Your Community
Convenience is a deal-breaker for many people, which is why we established five small groups of wellness practitioners and vendors across the Kansas City area. With meetings in your neighborhood, this encourages our members to attend meetings because of location convenience.
Additionally, we have two virtual meeting options every month to make it even easier to attend a meeting.
Each monthly gathering encourages you to connect, build, and support one another, whether that’s sharing advice, successful tools and resources, or most commonly, referring patients or clients to each other’s businesses.
Better Together
We understand feeling supported is a human need, especially as business owners. It’s one of the many reasons this group was founded. Our members have more than a vision – they know this is their life purpose, to better our community and the way we take care of ourselves and each other.
Monthly meetings are focused on building relationships and in addition to speaking about who we are and what we do, include sharing how we’re handling today’s challenges, giving business tips, and many other memorable moments that ultimately build lifetime relationships with each other. These relationships are what build not only build your trusted referral network, but also build your spirit, mind, and body so you can continue giving to your business with a full cup.
“Not only did I find a new world I fit into after leaving corporate, but my business idea was literally born from the inspiration I got after attending my first Wellness Consortium meeting. A recommendation from my wellness practitioner to visit the consortium in order to network around job opportunities after losing a job originally led me to my first meeting. As I sat there and listened to others stories, I felt that this wellness world was where I belonged. Rather than needing a job from someone else, I realized I already had the healthy products and skills to start my own juicing and food prep business. I have remained an active member because of the people. It’s a great community filled with healthy, positive people who are so kind and welcoming. Even before I got to know many members, I started to get clients. As I have deepened my connections through regular Wellness Consortium meetings and one-on-ones with other members, the referrals have grown. I recommend this group to anyone who is building a wellness business and needs to get connected and find referrals. It’s a great thing to be a part of!”
Connect
Making a connection with others is a foundational need for success. This goes beyond just making friends or networking. We believe you need authentic relationships in your life, but it starts with connecting with other wellness practitioners and vendors by showing up at events.
Annual members enjoy unlimited monthly meetings in six locations:
- North Kansas City
- South Overland Park
- Shawnee
- Leawood
- Lee’s Summit
- Virtual
Amplify your connections at our two-hour City Wide events in January and July with special guest speakers and programs. All proceeds support the Big Shifts Foundation and are not included in monthly membership meetings.
Build
There’s a lot to focus on when it comes to building your business, and making room for educational opportunities can be difficult. This is why some meetings incorporate educational opportunities to help take your business to the next level.
Sharpen your skills through quarterly events that are centered around business development.
Boost referrals by highlighting what you do during our “Member Spotlight” each meeting.
Increase your business exposure by being active in our portal:
- Customize your profile in the Member Directory
- Post events under the Member Calendar
- Elicit business with coupons and special promotions
- Share press releases
- Make use of the job board
Support
A support system is about more than just sharing the hard stuff. In fact, what we love most about it is celebrating each other’s successes. We were made to lift each other up, and not just cheer you on from the sidelines, but walk the path together.
Engage in forum conversations in our portal, share business offers for other members, find accountability partners, share resources, write each other reviews, and show up at each other’s events.
Our wellness practitioners and vendors rave this is one of the best communities they have ever belonged. Why? Each small group across the Kansas City area makes it a place that feels “soul to soul” rather than “role to role”. Wellness practitioners and vendors feel that sense of community during their gatherings, and it fuels each of them to continue growing personally and professionally.
“If you are looking for like-minded people who can support you and lift you up, this is the place to be! It can be hard to be a solopreneur because you can feel alone. This group filled the role, being a place I can ask questions and collaborate so I feel supported. Personally, I’ve met amazing people who have become close friends. Professionally I have received clients both from member referrals as well as fellow members using my services. Likewise, I’ve found wonderful practitioners to support my own health.”
Get the most out of your membership with the Consortium Commitments
70% of life is being in the right place at the right time. If you don’t show up, you won’t receive.
Start with the question, “How can we make each others’ lives and businesses better?”
Authentically acknowledge and celebrate members in-person and on social media.
Every month, schedule a 1-on-1 meeting with a fellow member and build lifetime relationships.
“I recommend that Wellness Consortium to anybody working in the wellness realm because there is nothing else like this group in terms of authentic people who want you to be successful and have the common goal of getting and keeping our community well. I joined the consortium because being a small business is rough. You need to be surrounded by great businesses for exposure to other wellness knowledge and networking. I have received much value from this network of individuals, primarily the phenomenal opportunity for sharing knowledge, experiences, and recommendations so we can all deliver the best-in-class patient care we aim for. Inevitably, there are times when some aspect of patient care is not in our lane. It is critical to have trusted experts to refer to and lean into during these times and this group is it! “
Membership Options
Memberships run with a starting date based on your application approval date for either one or two years based on membership selection. Two year membership options provide an additional 12-15% savings.
January and July feature a special semi-annual citywide event which are NOT included in the annual membership.
Single Membership
$299/year or $510/2 years
This membership is perfect for the sole proprietor or company that has one primary active member. With the annual membership you receive all the numerous benefits listed below. Note, only the person listed on the account can attend the meetings. If you have multiple people in the company looking to be engaged in the community, see the Multi-Person Membership Options.
What's Included In The Single Membership
- Unlimited monthly Wellness Consortium meetings for ten months at our 5 locations (North Kansas City, South Overland Park, Shawnee, Leawood, and Lee’s Summit) as well as the monthly virtual meeting. These meetings are the foundation of building collaborative professional relationships with referrals from like-minded professionals. Note: the 2 hour City-Wide meetings in January and July with special guest presentations and open networking with appetizers and drinks are not included. All event proceeds for these go to support the not-for-profit Big Shifts Foundation.
- Admission to Four Business Development Events: Each quarter, we invite a special guest to share business lessons or other trainings to help you grow personally and professionally. These events are open to the public (non-annual members) for an additional cost.
- Member Spotlights: At each monthly meeting, one member is selected to share about an aspect of their business or background. This 10-12 minutes time allows one to “paint the fuller picture” of what you do and how this journey began for you.
- A Standard Profile Listing in Our Public Directory: This includes your name or business, bio, description, address, phone, email, website, social media links, Quadrant Strengths, and up to 10 “categories” your business falls under (i.e. chiropractic, acupuncture, nutrition, etc.).
- Access to Our Member-Only Portal App: This allows you to easily register for events, manage your membership, update your profile, and connect with other members while on the go.
- Posting Your Business Events: Increase attendance to your events by sharing images and details on our public platform. Each member will be able to post up to four of their events per month.
- Posting Promotional Offers: Share your promotions for members only, or on the public-facing platform for anyone to find and use.
- Engage in Our Member-Only Forum: Search and find relevant topics on our member-only forum, where you can upload, download, or view resources around core topics.
- Posting Job Listings: Share job or volunteer opportunities for your business.
- News Updates: Do you have a new service, received an award or recognition, brought on new staff, completed a recent training, or another noteworthy happening? Help each other stay in the loop of what’s happening with your company or industry by sharing news brief topics, available for members and the general public.
Virtual Membership
$200/year or $350/2 years
This membership is designed for those who cannot or do not want to attend in-person meetings, but would still like to be a part of the community and have access to an easy-to-use online platform for referrals and connections. This is a single person membership.
What's Included In The Virtual Membership
With an annual virtual membership, you receive the following benefits:
- Attending All Virtual Monthly Meetings: Currently there is one virtual meeting option per month. This meeting acts as our monthly city-wide connection point so is a great way to get plugged in to people from all our locations. Whether you are local but prefer virtual or just have time for one meeting a month, or are not in the Kansas City area but would still like to connect, build, and support with other whole person health providers, this is for you. If you are not in the Kansas City area, you will be part of our story as we expand and develop these groups across the country.
- Admission to Four Business Development Virtual Events: Each quarter, we invite a special guest to share business lessons or other trainings to help you grow personally and professionally. These events are open to the public (non-annual members) for an additional cost.
- Member Spotlights: At each monthly meeting, one member is selected to share about an aspect of their business or background. This 10-12 minutes time allows one to “paint the fuller picture” of what you do and how this journey began for you.
- A Standard Profile Listing in Our Public Directory: This includes your name or business, bio, description, address, phone, email, website, social media links, Quadrant Strengths, and up to 10 “categories” your business falls under (i.e. chiropractic, acupuncture, nutrition, etc.).
- Access to Our Member-Only Portal App: This allows you to easily register for events, manage your membership, update your profile, and connect with other members while on the go.
- Posting Your Business Events: Increase attendance to your events by sharing images and details on our public platform. Each member will be able to post up to four of their events per month.
- Posting Promotional Offers: Share your promotions for members only, or on the public-facing platform for anyone to find and use.
- Engage in Our Member-Only Forum: Search and find relevant topics on our member-only forum, where you can upload, download, or view resources around core topics.
- Posting Job Listings: Share job or volunteer opportunities for your business.
- News Updates: Do you have a new service, received an award or recognition, brought on new staff, completed a recent training, or another noteworthy happening? Help each other stay in the loop of what’s happening with your company or industry by sharing news brief topics, available for members and the general public.
Multi-Person Organization Membership
See options and pricing in the “what’s included” drop down
Are you a company that would benefit from having multiple active team members attend monthly Wellness Consortium meetings and engage on the member portal? If so, these membership types are for you with four different options in terms of number of people in the membership! New as of June 2023 is the 2-person membership.
What's Included In The Multi-Person Organization Membership
Choose one of the three multi-person membership options based on the number of team members you would like to actively participate in events. Each option includes all of the Single Annual Membership benefits listed above and runs from January 1 through December 31.
Additionally, there’s an extra $50 value perk for our multi-person organization memberships – the Deluxe Directory Listing! Having a Deluxe Directory Listing means your business receives extra exposure on our public-facing platform. That extra exposure includes a business description, logo in the directory search fields, photo gallery, uploading videos and photos, key business highlights, a map to your location, and best of all, a higher placement in our search listing.
Two Members $508/year or $895/2 years
- All the great benefits for two people at your company or organization at a 15% savings off a Single Annual Membership.
- Each member has their own individual profile alongside the main business directory listing with up to 15 business categories under which people are searching for services.
Three Members $715/year or $1220/2 years
- All the great benefits for three people at your company or organization at a 20% savings off a Single Annual Membership.
- Each member has their own individual profile alongside the main business directory listing with up to 20 business categories under which people are searching for services.
Five Members $1120/year or $1900/2 years
- All the great benefits for up to five people at your company or organization at a 25% savings off a Single Annual Membership.
- Each member has their own individual profile alongside the main business directory listing with up to 20 business categories under which people are searching for services.
- Your organization can post up to six events per month on the Members Events calendar instead of the standard four.
10 Members $1970/year or $3300/2 years
- All the great benefits for up to ten people at your company or organization at a 30% savings off a Single Annual Membership.
- Each member has their own individual profile alongside the main business directory listing with up to 20 business categories under which people are searching for services.
- Your organization can post up to six events per month on the Members Events calendar instead of the standard four.
- Additionally, your organization will be able to run a banner ad on our public-facing directory for three months ($150 value).
Not-For-Profit Memberships
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Are you a 501(c)(3) non-profit looking to expand your network and resources? Would you like to connect with other companies around the area doing great work in the whole-person health arena and gain exposure for your good works, as well? Then these membership options are for you!
There are different membership levels based on how many active team members you would like to have within your organization. See the options below. These memberships do not include a two-year option due to the already discounted rate nor the virtual membership.
What's Included In The Not-For-Profit Memberships
Choose your membership based on the number of team members you would like actively participating in meetings and events.
- Single person membership $150 annually
- 2-person membership $255 annually
- 3-person membership $358 annually
- up to 5-person membership $560 annually
- up to 10-person membership $970 annually
All Not-For-Profit Memberships include the following benefits:
Unlimited monthly Wellness Consortium meetings for ten months for each active member at our 5 locations (North Kansas City, South Overland Park, Shawnee, Leawood, and Lee’s Summit) as well as the monthly virtual meeting. These meetings are the foundation of building collaborative professional relationships with referrals from like-minded professionals. Note: the 2 hour City-Wide meetings in January and July with special guest presentations and open networking with appetizers and drinks are not included. All event proceeds for these go to support the not-for-profit Big Shifts Foundation.
Hone your business skills with quarterly Business Development Events: Active members can participate each quarter as special guests share business and life lessons around creating and maintaining a successful business. These events are open to the public and non-members at an additional cost.
Member Spotlights to boost referrals: At each consortium meeting, one active annual members are selected each month to provide a “Member Spotlight” for 10-12 minutes. This time offers you the ability to “paint the fuller picture” of what you do.
Member Only Forum: access to an internal member forum to view resources and engage in supportive dialogue around core topics.
NOTE: for the next areas, if you have a multi-person membership, you will choose one of the team members to be the administrator who will have access to manage the listing and post promotions, events, and job openings.
Standard profile listing for the organization on the public facing Wellness Network Directory: Includes name, address, phone, email, website, social media links, bio/description, Quadrant Strengths, and up to 10 Business Category listings including specialization sub categories. Member Only Portal with App to easily register for events, manage your membership, update your profile and connect with other members.
Event Posting: Increase event attendance with up to 4 monthly event listings on the public facing Member Event calendar.
Product and Service Promotions: Share and receive special member-to-member promotions as well as offer promotions out to the general public.
Job and Volunteer Opportunity Listings: Ability to list job postings and volunteer opportunities both on the member facing site and on a public facing page.
News Updates: Do you have a new service, received an award or recognition, brought on new staff, completed a recent training, or another noteworthy happening? Help each other stay in the loop of what’s happening with your company or industry by sharing news brief topics, available for members and the general public.
Each active member has their own individual profile within the organization listing.
“I came to the Wellness Consortium because I was searching for a welcoming community of like-minded people open to my services. I found it and more! Not only do I receive direct referrals, but my business has also been supported by finding other business resources and trusted colleagues for client referrals. The inclusivity of the group feels like coming home – a place I can be myself – and had led to lifelong friendships. This is a group rich in experts in their field and perfect for anyone who is a wellness practitioner or looking for a wellness practitioner.”
Overview of the Membership Portal
Check out the video below for a quick overview of our portal for wellness practitioners and vendors.
“The Wellness Consortium is an amazing community. As long as you’re willing to show up and give, it will come back in abundance! As a solopreneur, I was looking for the community I crave through different networking groups and not finding the people who were interested enough to even ask more about Feng Shui. Here it just clicked. Yes, we are all here to grow our businesses, but this group provides so much more – friendships, business opportunities, referrals, self-development, business resources – the bounty never stops! The members are so invested in everything each of us are doing.”
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Testimonials
“I joined the Wellness Consortium to help grow my business. I stayed because it’s worked! Every other networking group was full of professionals like realtors, lawyers, roofers – nice people, but they didn’t understand my business and weren’t helpful in building my clients. This group gets what I do, are willing to come out and try my services, shares helpful feedback, and meet you where you are – both in business and in your own wellness journey. The members are kind, caring, and non-judgmental and I feel welcome and understood.”
“The Wellness Consortium has provided me with the opportunity to discover new treasures within my community. Knowing others is a gift. Though I have been practicing integrative medicine in the Kansas City area for 10 years (already with a solid referral network in place), finding additional providers close to me and meeting them in person has allowed me to better service my patients through coming to know other skilled practitioners who are part of the Wellness Consortium. I have been able to offer more comprehensive and individualized care through the wider trusted wellness community. While the primary value of my membership is connecting with my local community and getting to know others, there has also been an unexpected value-add of business support. There is a real sense that the Wellness Consortium does not exist for itself, but for its members. It has an uncanny sense of anticipating member’s needs and connecting resources that help each individual member prosper.“
“The Wellness Consortium is a great group for creating relationships and supporting the holistic community in Kansas City as a whole. I personally believe that the stronger the holistic community is as a whole in KC, the better it helps me as an individual practitioner. From this perspective, my membership provides important value in educating the community about holistic services while helping to create a practitioner network for the public and each other to refer to. In addition to the big community picture, the group allows me to create relationships, and through them, business opportunities. After attending one of the semi-annual events, one such connection led to a speaking invitation at a local holistic school. From direct referrals to these additional opportunities, every meeting I attend I create or strengthen a relationship. If you are involved in wellness and focused on the bigger picture of how you can help your clients, this group can help create relationships and support referrals.”
“I am part of the Wellness Consortium because of the community. The ability to connect with others who are passionate about whole-person health AND building connections is priceless. This community provides access to a wide range of health and wellness specialties I can share with my clients, and utilize for myself. There is a depth of knowledge and resources in The Wellness Consortium, and you’d be hard pressed to find another group of professionals so willing to help.”
“Being a part of the Wellness Consortium has allowed me to build relationships that have positively changed the momentum of my business, and the friendships are an added benefit! The referrals have been excellent, and I love the collaborative relationships to assist with patient care. I feel good knowing they receive the care they need from a trusted source.”
“As someone with my own business, having fellow supporters to feel connected to and provide community is key for me. I really feel there is a team of people who want me to succeed and are invested in my success. I’ve received so much from the Wellness Consortium including new ideas for offerings, feedback that has been critical, clients and social proof. I would recommend people join this group because it’s a place to find fuel and the support is incomparable. In a world filled with a sense of competition, this is a place where you are embraced and surrounded with collaborative energy.”
A Partnership Built Around Community
If you are a whole-person provider or vendor looking to build, grow, and feel supported in the Kansas City area, find out why the Wellness Consortium has become what many of our members were looking for.